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◆ UK bank uses the first issuance window after earnings, central bank meetings and holidays ◆ Deal coincides with busy euro credit market ◆ Barclays attracts attention with relevant new issue concession
◆ Dutch bank goes 'head to head' with Alphabet in euros ◆ Brings its longest ever opco tranche ◆ Book skewed towards two year FRN
◆ French issuer tightens spread by impressive 8bp ◆ CFF's fourth covered bond in past two months ◆ Spread of 51bp was flat to fair value, says banker
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Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
Uncertainty in Middle East peace negotiations may reignite alarm, but investors remain willing as long as issuers pay to play
Tweaks to trading book rules will be next stage of competition
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◆ FRN concessions have jumped as much as 30bp ◆ Bankers question if European banks need to pay similar NIPs ◆ Euros could offer 'steadier market' for US banks -
Austrian bank will not call its AT1 with the lowest reset rate but it will redeem another it had been extending since the eruption of the war in Ukraine
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Issuers are not under pressure to rush into a volatile market
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Demand up since 'liberation day' as French firms satisfy bid for quality
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◆ Running a bond business in a crisis ◆ Bank issuers find their way back into the bond market ◆ Can frontier emerging market sovereigns fund themselves?
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Market welcomes the move, but the tone around non-UK covered bonds is set to remain 'cautious'
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